Hydrangea and Italian Parsley

I just made a demo of May's wedding banquet floral arrangement centerpiece. It's so awesome how I happened to have both the Hydrangea (pink) and Italian Parsley in my very own front yard. Now, let's hope the blue Hydrangea and dill works equally as well. Pictures to come!

Also, I'm finally one step away from the Flower Arrangement Class at Mission Valley College. What a good ending to the day.

By the way, I watched "500 Days of Summer" and am over romantic comedies...they kind of make me sick.

Nervous

A little antsy about what will become of Saturday - but I will have to keep a positive attitude, hope for the best and consider other options. I hope I'm moving in the right direction - I just need a change and need to channel my enthusiasm and hard work into something.

I need a backup plan. I don't need to make extra money - I don't know what I'm really trying to achieve - just want to prove myself and see how I can improve along the way. We can only try but then again trying things out requires patience. As a friend had mentioned to me today - its fun figuring out life -- even if it isn't so clean and direct.

I think I will go to bed.

Great Find

Friday evening, I went to Half Books in Fremont and found a gem of a book I have been fantasizing about for some time. Just to give a background, I've been wanting a beautiful floral directory book - a floral dictionary. Going through Borders, and many used books stores, I've never been fortunate enough to find exactly that book.I found "The Most Beautiful Flowers" a large 15 x 10 inch book filled with 144 pages of flowers rendered by the French artist Pierre Joseph Redoute originally compiled in 1833. The book was printed in 1980, but let's not get into silly semantics. I found the lovely book in the art section rather than the flower section. Each flower is accompanied with its French name and Latin name. I expect to be "quoting" from this book from time to time.

My mom and I hand delivered a strawberry cake my dad and brother made today. My Uncle's front yard are full of garden roses in a variety of colors - I had a chance to bring a rose home with consent from my aunt. Score!

Ah, I want to be a flower shop girl!